books.google.ca - A brilliant history of the land into which more historical and cultural events were croweded than perhaps into any area of equal size. For Syria has either invented or transmitted to mankind such benefits as monotheistic religion, philosophy, law, trade, agriculture, and our allphabet....https://books.google.ca/books/about/History_of_Syria_Including_Lebanon_and_P.html?id=IfprUbVS5cIC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareHistory of Syria Including Lebanon and Palestine